merilahna
Finnish
Etymology
meri (“sea”) + lahna (“bream”)
Noun
merilahna
- Any fish of the genus Brama, the pomfrets, in the family Bramidae.
Usage notes
The common names for fish are often confusing and merilahna (lit. "sea bream") is a good example of that. The English term sea bream is used primarily of fish in the family Sparidae, which are hammasahven (lit. "tooth-perch") in Finnish, but also of fish in family Bramidae, also known as pomfrets in English and pomfretti in Finnish.
Declension
Inflection of merilahna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | merilahna | merilahnat | |
genitive | merilahnan | merilahnojen | |
partitive | merilahnaa | merilahnoja | |
illative | merilahnaan | merilahnoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | merilahna | merilahnat | |
accusative | nom. | merilahna | merilahnat |
gen. | merilahnan | ||
genitive | merilahnan | merilahnojen merilahnainrare | |
partitive | merilahnaa | merilahnoja | |
inessive | merilahnassa | merilahnoissa | |
elative | merilahnasta | merilahnoista | |
illative | merilahnaan | merilahnoihin | |
adessive | merilahnalla | merilahnoilla | |
ablative | merilahnalta | merilahnoilta | |
allative | merilahnalle | merilahnoille | |
essive | merilahnana | merilahnoina | |
translative | merilahnaksi | merilahnoiksi | |
instructive | — | merilahnoin | |
abessive | merilahnatta | merilahnoitta | |
comitative | — | merilahnoineen |
Derived terms
- atlantinmerilahna (Brama brama)
See also
- sea bream